tomman58 wrote:
Scottiemom wrote:
SD experts continue to debunk the media's twist on Sturgis.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/09/08/study-260-000-coronavirus-cases-likely-tied-sturgis-rally/5750587002/
Hmmmmm, the truth appears to have been blocked. Imagine that.
Another source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/danielcassady/2020/09/12/did-the-sturgis-rally-cause-250000-coronavirus-cases-heres-why-experts-are-skeptical/#35e8cc6b73a1
Apparently we're not entitled to the truth.
Believe what you wish but stats are stats and they predict up 400,000 dead before end of year. I cannot see going to our RV park and being in close proximity of our fellow campers without a bad outcome. We will just stay hunkered down this winter. and hopefully by next winter they will have a proper vaccine.
I am not sure why you would say that is your only choice. I'd rather hunker down somewhere warm than somewhere cold. You don't have to do get-togethers. You do the same things you would at home, but no snow to shovel, etc. We're in the park, but we don't mingle with. everyone. We do our things, read, sew, take walks, go for drives out into the desert, etc. All of the grocery stores have curbside pickup, all of the restaurants have take out - at lot of them curbside.
As to the thing with Sturgis, most people either don't understand anything about the event, or refuse to acknowledge the obvious. The real problem is that it's a super spreader event, and it only takes a few asymptomatic individuals to head out to the four corners of the wind and spread the disease along the way. Just like the small church wedding in Maine, with only a few people, has lead to over 140 cases in two states and they are still tracking new cases. In that case, the officiant went back to Vermont to his church and had services and refused to stop when he was told there was an outbreak at the wedding - so he passed it on to people at his Vermont church!
